[fetchmail-users] Local FQDN

[Dave C. <dc...@do...>]

Hi,

I don't want to hijack the "Re: [fetchmail-users] change helo/ehlo" 
thread, but I would like to ask a question about something raised there.

Rob MacGregor wrote:
> Change the system's hostname, ie so that "hostname" provides
> "myhostname.mydomain.de" rather than just "myhostname".
>   
I have never really understood how this works. Surely "mydomain.de" 
would have to be registered first?

If I arbitrarily select a domain for my internal network, say 
"baynet.com", and there exists a registered URL on the web of the same 
name, isn't there scope for confusion?

In fact, I have a machine on my network just called "Janus" and if I put 
that into my browser I frequently get 
"https://ww3.janus.com/Janus/Retail/HomePage".

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